Fabric.



N. ZUCK 6I F. G. PFISTNER.

FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILI-:D ocT. 3. I9I4.

'Patented June 29, 1915.

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T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, NICHOLAS ZU K and FRANK G. PFIsTNnR, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

' The invention relates to fabrics, and more particularly to haircloth fabric such as employed for imparting stiffness to coats, garments and the like, and it has for its object to aord a haircloth structure in which the hairs are held tightly and prevented from loosening, or from pulling away from the fabric.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a ystifening haircloth that is flexile and can be the more readily shaped to the garment to which itis applied, the fabric being constructed in such a manner as to cause it to retain the shape that is imparted.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features be-` ing pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification. v

. In the drawings: Figure l is a plan view of a haircloth structure constructed in accordance with the invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar reference characters throughout the several gures indicate the same parts.

In haircloth fabrics as heretofore constructed, the hairs are arranged in juxtaposition to each other, affording abody that is too still and lacking in pliability to adjust itself readily to` any particular shape, and. a further disadvantage lies in the fact that the hairs quickly loosen and pull out, destroying the -eliciency of the fabric as a whole. In the present invention, we overcome this by arranging the hairs in spaced relation to each other, rendering the fabric more pliable and more workable when aplied to garments. In order to obviate oosening and pulling' out-of the hairs, we employ a suitable binder of cementitious `or ziiManatee? Application led October 3, 1914.

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.if ai equivalent substance that *tol l fabric and forms a tight union between the hairs and the strands which hold them. The result of this is that each hair is held rigidly to the body of the fabric and while the hairs may possibly break oil', they cannot loosen or become detached from the main structure.

In the present embodiment, A designates a series of hairs arranged in spaced relai tion to each other at about the relative distance shown, although it will be understood that the interval between the hairs may vary depending upon the use to which the fabric is to be put. B designates the secur-l ing strands or threads which may be of cot'- ton or other material, and these are also arranged in spaced relation to each other.

At one edge, va marginal portion C may be 1s especially serviceable when'the fabric is l to be used as a stiii'ener for coat fronts, as the free ends of the hairs need not be trimmed until after the haircloth and the coat front are attached to the garment.

The hairs are caused to adhere to the securing strands fixedly by a suitable cementitious binding medium which may lbe applied in any convenient way. This we preferably accomplish by dipping the fab ric in the substance that is employed, al though other methods of impregnating the body of the fabric with a cementitious binder may be employed. The cement that is used may be of any character provided it is waterproof and stainless and capable of thoroughly. permeating the interstices of the fabric, to effect a close adherence between thehairs and the securing strands. With this construction it is practically impossible to remove an entire hair from the fabric without damaging the fabric con'- siderably, and the possibility of the hairs becoming loose and working out is rendered practically mZ. The structure valso affords a haircloth that is more inexpensive to manufacture than the usual form, and adjusts itself much more readily to any desired shape in constructing a garment than the usual closely woven haircl'oth.

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